This study examined the prevalence of senior centres providing multi-component falls prevention education and the perceived barriers in implementing this education. A telephone interview was conducted in 2006 with 500 senior centres nationwide. Centre directors were asked about the types of multi-component falls prevention education offered (ie, balance exercise classes, medication management, ...

Introduction Improving the safety of care is a challenge for the health systems. Development of a safety culture (SC) is one of the objectives. SC can be defined as a coherent and integrated set of individual and organizational behavior, based on shared values and beliefs, which continually seeks to reduce damage to patients, which may be related to health care. By “coherent and integrated set ...

When in the early summer of 1805 Meriwether Lewis for first time sights great mountains American West, he merely reports "an august spectacle." The word "august" was not then an aesthetic category, nor did it usually describe visual contact with landscape. Categories used these purposes were picturesque and sublime. Whereas there are numerous examples journals Clark expedition, sublime draws a ...

Ecstasy is a recreational drug that is increasing in popularity, particularly in young adolescents. Its appeal involves its euphoric effects and a feeling of empathy for others (hence the nickname "hug drug"). This appeal may be furthered by a misleading and anecdotal perception of safety. Cases of adverse effects, toxic reactions, and fatalities are increasingly being reported in the medical l...

Tens of thousands of families have been relocated from public housing in the last decade through the HOPE VI redevelopment initiative. Analyzing in-depth interviews with 41 families who were relocated from a severely distressed public housing development, I explore how neighborhood-based social capital is drawn upon for safety by examining how people kept safe in public housing, and what happen...